The Fourth Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Review the useful expressions learnt in this unit by making sentences with them.
2.Review how to change a sentence from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.
3.Train the students’ writing ability by reading some e-pal ads and writing an e-mail.
Teaching Important Points:
1.How to master the interchanges of Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.
2.How to get the students to learn to write an e-mail.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to improve the students’ integrating skills.
Teaching Methods:
1.Asking-and-answer activity to go through the reading material.
2.Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.a projector 2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ.Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step Ⅱ.Revision
T:Yesterday we learned the grammar-Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.We know we usually change the verb tenses and pronoun forms and adverbials in Indirect Speech.But it is not necessary to change the tense when we report things that are always true.Now let’s do some exercises to see if you have mastered them.Look at the screen.
(Show the following on the screen.)
Tutrn the following into Indirect Speech.
1.“I broke your CD player,”he said to me.
2.“Are you sure you didn’t do anything to this?”he asked me.
3.“A friend in need is a friend indeed,”Mother said to me.
4.Tom said,“I bought a book for my brother yesterday.”
5.He said,“I shall meet her at my office.”
6.The teacher said,“I must go now.”
7.He said,“I can do homework myself now.”
8.He said,“The house was built in 1965.”
9.“Why was Jenny late for school?”Mr Baker wanted to know.
10.They said,“Will you visit the museum tomorrow?”
Turn the following into Direct Speech.
11.I said that I would try my best.
12.He wondered(asked)how long it took to do the work.
13.Bob asked John whether he had seen his wallet.
14.His aunt said that she had got there five days before.
15.I asked Tom why he had not told her the truth.
Suggested answers:
1.He told me that he had broken my CD player.
2.He asked me if I was sure I hadn’t done anything to that.
3.Mother told me that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
4.Tom said that he had bought a book for his brother the day before.
5.He said that he would meet her at his office.
6.The teacher said he had to go/must go then.
7.He said that he could do homework himself then.
8.He said that the house was built in 1965.
9.Mr Baker wanted to know why Jenny had been late for school.
10.They asked if we would visit the museum the next day.
11.I said,“I’ll try my best.”
12.He asked,“How long does it take to do the work?”
13.Bob asked John,“Have you seen my wallet?”
14.His aunt said,“I got here five days ago.”
15.“Why didn’t you tell her the truth?”I asked Tom.
Step Ⅲ.Test
T:Yeah.In this unit we have also learned some useful expressions.Have you remembered them?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Now let’s review them together.I speak Chinese,you speak English.(Teacher writes the following on the Bb when students say them.)
argue about,be fond of,all the time,surf the Internet,survive the crash,hunt for,make a fire,treat…as,care about,make friends,in order to,on board
T:Now I’ll give you a test to see whether you’ve mastered them or not.Look at the screen,please.
Complete the sentences using the expressions on the blackboard.
1.They’re always ___________(為……而爭(zhēng)吵)money.
2.She was laughing ___________(一直)just now.
3.Boys ___________(喜歡)football.
4.The boy ___________(上網(wǎng))as soon as he is free.
5.He brought some coal ___________(來(lái)生火).
6.If you were alone on a deserted island,you would have to ___________(搜尋)water and food.
7.He was lucky enough to ___________(飛機(jī)失事后仍活著).
8.When he was in the countryside,he ___________(交上了朋友)with the peasants there.
9.The police ___________ his death ___________(把……看作)a case of murder.
10.There were 30 passengers ___________(在飛機(jī)上)when the plane was crashing.
11.We started early ___________(為了)arrive before dark.
12.She didn’t ___________(在乎)anything people might say.
Suggested answers:
1.arguing about 2.all the time 3.are fond of 4.surfs the Internet 5.to make a fire 6.hunt for 7.survive the crash 8.made friends 9.treated，as 10.on board 11.in order to 12.care about
Step Ⅳ.Pre-reading
T:OK.As we all know,every one of us has friends,even more than one friend.Someone else can be our friend,and even some other animal or thing can also be our friend.Have you read the story of Man’s Best Friend?(Refer to the background information in this unit.)
Ss:No.
T:It tells us a story whose hero is named John.John’s best friend was a dog.In our daily life,we all like to make friends.I think some of you might have pen-pals.Do you know what pen-pal is?Pen-pal means pen-friend.But do you have an e-pal?What’s an e-pal?Today we’re going to read several e-pal ads,and you can know the answer.First let me explain two phrases to you.“have fun,drop sb.a line”.
(Bb:Write them on the Bb.)Look at the screen.
(Show the following on the screen.)
1.have fun:enjoy oneself
e.g.We had a lot of fun last night.
2.drop sb.a line=drop a line to sb.=write to sb.
e.g.Judy’s friend asked her to drop her a line while she was away on vocation.
Please drop a line to me when you get to Shanghai.
Step Ⅴ.Reading
T:Now open your books on Page 6.Look at reading and writing.Now you are given four minutes to read the three passages.Then answer some questions.
(Students begin to read.After a while,teacher checks their comprehension.)
T:What’s an e-pal?Who knows?
S1:(One student stands up)I know.An e-pal is someone you write e-mails to.
T:What good points has an e-mail?
S2:(Another student stands up)E-mail is faster and cheaper than letters,so you can talk to your e-pals every day and you don’t have to wait for a letter to arrive.
T:Very good.Sit down,please.Next question:What’s Jane’s hobbies?
S3:Jane likes painting,talking and joking.She also likes to listen to rock music.
T:Yeah,what’s Jack’s hobbies?
S4:He likes sports,such as soccer.He also loves singing,dancing,talking to people and making friends.
T:Right,sit down,please.
Step Ⅵ.Writing
T:Now please write an e-mail to one of them according to their hobbies and your interests.First let’s look at the tips on the screen.A Vocabulary of Friendship may be of great help to your writing.
(Show the tips of“A Vocabulary of Friendship”on Page 7 on the screen,read them and explain“admit,opinion”in them.)(Bb:admit,opinion)
T:Now please write alone a e-mail on a piece of paper,then you can exchange to check your writing in pairs.I’ll collect your papers in ten minutes.
Suggested e-mail:
Dear Jack,
Hello,I’d like very much to have a e-pal in the USA.
My name is Li Lin.I’m fifteen,female.Now I’m 1.70 metres tall and studying at No 1.Middle School of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province,China.I’m good at English.My school is one of the best schools in Shanxi.I also love painting.My hobby is collecting stamps.I’m also interested in coin-collecting.
I wonder if you are interested in these.Will you please tell me something else about your life and your school?I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours,
Li Lin
Step Ⅶ.Summary and Homework
T:In this class,we’ve reviewed the useful expressions and the important grammar in this unit.And we’ve also learned some e-pal ads.We practise how to write an e-mail.After class,go over all the important points learnt in this unit and write more e-mails.Prepare for next unit.Class is over.
Step Ⅷ.The Design of the Writing onthe Blackboard
Unit 1 Good friends
The Fourth Period
argue about,be fond of,all the time,surf the Internet,survive the crash,hunt for,make a fire, treat…as, care about,make friends,in order to,on board,admit,opinion
Step Ⅸ.Record after Teaching
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